The Pumas' Place

Five Kitsap Pumas share a house in East Bremerton. The Kitsap Sun took a look at what life is like for aspiring professional soccer players.

Far left, Aziz Dieng adds some spices to his chicken and rice dish. Dieng has taken the role of house cook since joining the Pumas in late June. Sturgess cleans up, left.

PHOTOS BY Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN Kitsap Pumas player Tony Kerr, right, brings his dinner to the table to join Matt Friesen, bottom left and Aziz Dieng. left, in some soccer computer games while eating dinner.

Above, Pumas players Aziz Dieng, left, and Will Sturgess, right walk the aisles of Fred Meyer looking for ingredients for dinner

Kitsap Pumas players Aziz Dieng, left, and Will Sturgess, right, carry their laundry to the car outside their Bremerton home. Pumas players use a local laundry service to get their laundry done. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas player Will Sturgess, center, shows off the practice jersey he received from Seattle Sounders FC player Osvaldo Alonso to Matt Friesen, bottom center, James Ritchie, left, and Tony Kerr, right. Alonso autographed the jersey and gave it to Sturgess after their exhibition on Monday. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas player Will Sturgess cleans a pot so it can be used for dinner. Sturgess lives with four other Kitsap Pumas in East Bremerton. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

The kitchen table tends to be home for the Kitsap Pumas players when they need to pass the time. Clock wise from left bottom, Will Sturgess, Tony Kerr, Matt Friesen and Aziz Dieng surf the internet and play soccer computer games until dinner is ready. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas players Aziz Dieng, left, and Will Sturgess, right talk over what they need to buy for dinner at Fred Meyer.

Kitsap Pumas players Mark Lee, left, Eli Gordley, center, and Stephen Mohn, right, worked together on crossword puzzles to pass the time during their road trip down to Oregon to play the Cascade Surge. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas player Max Lipset takes a nap during the team’s road trip to play Cascade in early June. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas sleeps on the bus ride down to Oregon to play the Cascade Surge in June. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)

Kitsap Pumas coach John Wedge held a team meeting on the bus ride down to Oregon to play Cascade. The Kitsap Pumas use a charter bus for away games. (Jesse Beals | FOr the Kitsap SUN)